Overview

• President Trump renewed baseless accusations on Truth Social that Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Al Sharpton and others broke the law by receiving campaign payments from Kamala Harris’s 2024 effort
• FEC records reveal a single $165,000 payment to Parkwood Production Media LLC for event production, undermining claims of multimillion-dollar celebrity payouts
• FactCheck.org and PolitiFact have refuted the assertion of an $11 million payment to Beyoncé and found no evidence of illicit financial support
• Tina Knowles and Oprah Winfrey publicly defended themselves, clarifying that received funds covered logistical and production expenses rather than endorsements
• No formal investigations or prosecutions have been initiated and experts say documented reimbursements comply with U.S. campaign finance regulations